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On Tuesday, the bodies of 23 men and 12 women were left on a highway at rush hour. They dead bodies showed signs of torture. The murders are considered the latest casualties in the Mexico's ongoing drug war.

Ever wondered what it would be like soaring high above the Earth, or even circling the planet on the International Space Station? Thanks to science educator James Drake, you're in luck.

Brewing giant SABMiller agreed to buy Foster's Group for a sweetened price of A$9.9 billion ($10.2 billion) on Wednesday after talks between the two last week ended in a couple of beers which sealed the deal this week.

Tropical Storm Ophelia formed in the tropical Atlantic and is on a projected path toward the northern Leeward Islands.

Merging 600 images of the Earth that were taken by astronauts from space since the 1960s, science teacher, James Drake, has created a time-lapsed 60-second video to give the illusion of how astronauts from the International Space Station see Earth.

Paleontologists have debated for years over the fate of the earliest archaic birds who were very different from today's species and whether their populations declined slowly over time or were killed off by the giant impact in the Gulf of Mexico.

If you are one of those who dream of going into the space and have a look back at the blue planet, science educator James Drake has something for you to offer. Drake has created a minute-long video that gives the illusion of how astronauts from the International Space Station see the planet.

Recent observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission suggest that the family of asteroids thought to be responsible for the dinosaurs' extinction 65 million years ago may not have been the culprit.

Strong policies are urgently needed to increase economic growth and reduce the risk of a double-dip recession in the developed world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its revised World Economic Outlook. The IMF also decreased its 2011 global GDP growth forecast to 4 percent, down 0.3 percentage points from the June 2011 forecast.

The Baptistina family of asteroids has just been ruled out in the 65-million year-old cold case surrounding the mysterious death of Earth's dinosaurs, leaving scientists to now ask 'Who did it?'

Mexican congressman Moises Villanueva de la Cruz was found murdered on Saturday, his body discovered lying on a highway in the coastal state of Guerrero.

First Majestic Silver Corp. said Tuesday it completed a key phase of an expansion at its La Parrilla Silver Mine in Mexico, which will result in the facility being able to double production to more than 3 million ounces of silver per year.

While a number of listeria-infected cantaloupe crops were recalled last week, food-borne illnesses and deaths grew to 35 and four respectively, in 10 states, federal officials said Monday.

The number of confirmed deaths from a listeria outbreak grew to four as result of bacteria-infected cantaloupe from a Colorado farm that spread to 10 states in less than two weeks, federal health regulators said on Monday.

Royal wedding and winning (as in Charlie Sheen's catch-phrase) were the two most used phrases on television in 2011, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

Four people have died from listeria contained in cantaloupes from Colorado, the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Observations from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission suggest that the family of asteroids commonly blamed for the extinction of the dinosaurs is not the culprit.

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NASA may have retired its Space Shuttle Program, but astronauts are still finding creative ways of bringing images from space down to earth.

Finally, there's some good news for U.S. motorists. Gas prices, down about 10 cents per gallon in the past month to an average of $3.60 per gallon for regular unleaded, are likely to continue to decline, assuming no oil disruptions from major oil producers or a large storm in the Gulf of Mexico.

For the first time since 1985, European central banks have become net buyers of gold, according to data from the World Gold Council.